Traveling bag



M. AXELMAN.

TRAVELING BAG} APPLICATION FILED SEPT-12,1919.

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M. AXELMAN.

TRAVELING BAG.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1919.

Patent-ed Jan. 17, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRAVELING BAG.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed September 12,1919. Serial No. 323,299.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAYER AXELMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Traveling Bags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to traveling bags or other portable receptacles ordepositories of leather or similar flexible material, capable of beingclosed at themouth.

It is an object of the invention to provide a traveling bag which isreinforced so as to ensure the necessary rigidity for the flexiblematerial.

A further object aims at the provision of reinforcing members arrangedat the ins de of the pouch or bag and in contact with the wall thereof,so as not to diminish the interior space for the reception of articles.

Another object embraces the employment of reinforcing members such asspring metal interposed between the wall of the bag and the inner liningso as to be removed from View when the bag is opened.

To the accomplishment of these and related ends which will hereinafterappear,

the invention comprises the means described in the followingspecification and particularly pointed out in the appended claims; theannexed drawings and the follow ng description setting forth in detailcertain constructions embodying the invention which, however, constitutebut one of the various ways in which the principle of the invention maybe utilized.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a travellng bag to which the invention hasbeen applied.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 to whicha modified form of-theinvention has been ap lied.

ig. 3 is a further view similar to Fig. 1

to which a further modification of the invention is applied.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4-4 of Fig 1.

ig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a detail section showingthe manner of securing the ends of thereinforcing members.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a traveling bag of customaryconstruction and form comprising the bag or pouch 2 of flexible materialsuch as leather, paper or the like, open at the top and provided withyokes or bail members 3-, 4, which at the lower ends are hinged togetheras at 5. A handle 6 is arranged on the bail member 4 there being a lock7 disposed intermediate the ends of the handle and additional fasteningmeans 8, 9 on each side of the handle to receive the bail memberstogether. Cor ner pieces 10 of a material similar to that of which thebag is constructed or, if preferred, of other material is secured to thelower corners of the bag. The traveling bag thus far described is ofordinary construction as may be purchased on the open market and doesnot constitute the invention. As indicated in,dotted lines in Fig. 1reinforcing members 11 are disposed interiorly of the traveling bag andextend from a point at the bail members down to the bottom of the bag,said members being disposed in contact with the inner surface of the bagwall. The upper end of the reinforcing members 11 stop short of the bailmembers 3 and 4, while the lower end is bent to provide a bracing footto overlap the bottom 12 of the traveling bag so as to facilitatesecuring of the reinforcing members to the bottom.

As shown in Fig. 6 a rivet 13 is employed to maintain the lower ends ofthe reinforcing members 11 in proper position in contact with the bottom12. The head 14 of the rivet is disposed within the circular opening ofa spherical washer 15 which bears against the lower portion of the bagwall 2 secured to the bottom 12 by stitches or the like. The reinforcingmembers are. made of springsteel or other suitable flexible material.

In order to maintain the reinforcing members in proper position on thebag wall and to eliminate lateral movement thereon, each member 11 isdisposed within a sheath formed by the bag wall 2 and a flexible strip16 which is secured to the bag wall adjacent the member 11 by stitchesor the like. The row of stitches securing the strip 16 to the wall 2 isvisible from the outside of the bag as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.1 as at 17.

In Fig. 2 a modified form of the invention is shown. The centralreinforcing members are dispensed with and instead a pair of reinforcingmembers 18, 19 are provided which meet at the bottom intermediate of thelocked end thereof and thence diverge and terminate at the upper ends ofthe outer reinforcin members 11. I

a The mo ification shown in Fig. 3 is distin guished from Fig. 2 in thisthat reinforcin 5members 20 and 21 are conversely arrange so thatthelo'wer ends originate at the lower ends of the outer reinforcingmembers 11 and thence converge and meet with the upper] bail members 3longitudmally and transversely ends at the center of the and 4.

While the drawings disclose preferred embodiments of the invention andare merely indicative of the principle on which the invention ispredicated, chan es and altera-;- 15 tions may be made within t e-scopeof theinvention and such departures are to-be included within thepurview of the invention reinforcing members extending interiorly of thebag from .top to bottom on each side of the bag, and being arranged oneach side in divergln relation from single oints to race the body of thebag. 7

In witness wherof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day ofSeptember,

MAYER AXELMAN.

